College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP)

AP (Advanced Placement) Exams

SJSU grants credit toward its undergraduate degrees for successful completion of examinations of the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board. Students who present scores of three or better will be granted up to six semester units (nine quarter units) of college credit for each exam (no duplicate credit granted). The number of units granted, course equivalence, and satisfaction of requirements vary.

Requires scores of 3-5 for credit to be granted

Exam

Units

Course

GE Credit and Comments

Art History

6

ARTH 070A & 070B

Areas C1 or C2 (3 units)

Biology

6

BIOL 010

Area B2 & B3 (4 units)

Calculus AB*

3

MATH 030

Area B4 (3 units)

Calculus BC*

7

MATH 030 & 031

Area B4 (3 units)

Calculus BC/AB Subscore*

3

MATH 030

Area B4 (3 units)

Chemistry

6

CHEM 030A

Area B1 & B3 (4 units)

Chinese Language & Culture

6

CHIN 001A

Area C2 (4 units)

Comparative Govt & Politics

3

POLS 002

Area D (3 units)

Computer Science A

3

CS 046A

No GE

Computer Science Principles [beginning Fall 2018]

3

Elective Credit

Area B4 (3 units)

English Language and Composition

6

ENGL 001A

Score 3 = Area A2 (3 units)

English Language and Composition

6

ENGL 001A & 001B

Score 4-5 = Areas A2 & C2 (6 units)

English Literature and Composition

6

ENGL 001A & 010

Score 3 = Area A2 & C2 (6 units)

English Literature and Composition

6

ENGL 001A & 001B

Score 4-5 = Areas A2 & C2 (6 units)

English Literature and Composition

6

ENGL 001A & 010

Score 4-5 = Areas A2 & C2 (6 units), at student's request

Environmental Science

4

Elective credit

Area B1 & B3 (4 units)

European History

6

HIST 010A & 010B

Areas C2 or D (3 units)

French Language & Culture

6

FREN 001A

Area C2 (5 units)

German Language & Culture

6

GERM 001A

Area C2 (4 units)

Human Geography

3

GEOG 010

Area D (3 units)

Italian Language & Culture

6

ITAL 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Japanese Language & Culture

6

JPN 001A

Area C2 (5 units)

Latin

6

LATN 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Macroeconomics

4

ECON 001A

Area D (4 units)

Microeconomics

4

ECON 001B

Area D (4 units)

Music Theory

6

Elective credit

No GE

Music Theory - Aural Subscore

0

No Credit

No GE

Music Theory - NonAural Subscore

0

No Credit

No GE

Physics 1**

4

PHYS 002A

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Physics 2**

4

PHYS 002B

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Physics C, Elec & Mag**

4

PHYS 051

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Physics C, Mechanics**

4

PHYS 050

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Psychology

3

PSYC 001

Area D (3 units)

Research

0

No Credit

No GE

Seminar

3

Elective Credit

No GE

Spanish Language and Culture

6

SPAN 001A

Area C2 (4 units)

Spanish Literature and Culture

6

SPAN 001B

Area C2 (4 units)

Statistics

3

STAT 095 or SOCI 015

Area B4 (3 units);

Studio Art, 2D Design

3

ART 012

No GE

Studio Art, 3D Design

3

Elective credit

No GE

Studio Art, Drawing

3

ART 024

No GE

U.S. Govt & Politics

3

Elective Credit

Area D & US 2 (3 units)

U.S. History

6

HIST 020A & 020B

Areas C2 or D; & US 1 (3 units)

World History

3

Elective credit

Areas C2 or D (3 units) [beginning Fall 2019]

*Students may receive credit for only one calculus exam.

**If more than one AP Physics exam is taken then the total units granted will be 6 units, of which 4 units will apply to PHYS 2A satisfying GE Areas B1+B3, and 2 units to elective credit.

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